The scientists (along with Thando the dog) began their three-day journey to Reindalen here, carrying 70-pound packs and rifles to protect themselves from the potential threat of polar bears.

In his personal, engaging new book, “Sorrowful Mysteries,” the novelist and journalist Stephen Harrigan explores the enduring ...

Families, kids and strangers formed two lines that stretched about a block from Serendipity Books' former location at 108 ...